Prada Foundation Plans Revealed
What do you get when you mix Prada, architect Rem Koolhaas, an industrial site just south of Milan, and some 500 works of contemporary art? The answer was revealed last week at the Milan Furniture Fair, where Prada showcased plans for the new art center and exhibition space for the Prada Foundation. Founded in 1993 by designer Miuccia Prada and her husband, Patrizio Bertelli, the foundation has established itself as a powerful force in the art world, sponsoring projects and exhibitions by the likes of Louise Bourgeois, Dan Flavin, Sam Taylor-Wood, and Francesco Vezzoli.
Prada and Bertelli commissioned the Koolhaas-led Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), longtime Prada collaborators, to transform an early 20th-century distillery south of Milan into the foundation’s sprawling new home.
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